Daniel Innes (artist) explained

Daniel Innes is a Canadian artist, most noted for the 2023 book Denison Avenue.^[1] The book, a collaboration with writer Christina Wong, blends Wong's novella about an elderly Chinese Canadian widow navigating the rapidly changing Chinatown-Kensington district of Toronto, Ontario, with Innes's inked illustrations of scenes from the neighbourhoods.^[2]

The book was a shortlisted finalist for the 2024 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction,^[3] and was defended by Naheed Nenshi in the 2024 edition of Canada Reads.^[4]

He has also worked in painting, installation art, graphic and textile design, sign painting, and tattooing.

Solo exhibitions

• 2019 Brittney Room and Other Paintings. The Embassy, 223 Augusta Avenue, Toronto, ON, Canada

Group exhibitions

• 2013 Rock Art & the X-ray Style, organized by Ryan Foerster. 425 Oceanview Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
• 2014 Another, Once Again, Many Times More, organized by Ryan Foerster. The Martos Gallery Summer Exhibition featuring several artists acting as curators, creating shows-within-the show. Invited by curator Bob Nickas. 12395 Main Road, East Marion, NY, U.S.A.
• 2017 Not Dead Yet Art Show. Faith / Void, 894A College Street, Toronto, ON, Canada
• 2018 Locals Only. Faith / Void, 894A College Street, Toronto, ON, Canada
• 2021 Anarchy of the Imagination, organized by Ryan Foerster. Kerry Schuss Gallery, 73 Leonard Street, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Discography

• Excretion Greatest Hits (2001)
• Mature Situations - Cracked Pelvis EP (2009, Free Cake Records)
• Mature Situations - Old Hands EP (2010, Deranged Records)

Notes and References

1. Karon Liu, "A tale of two neighbourhoods: what downtown Chinatown and Kensington Market’s recent past tells us about a changing Toronto". Toronto Star, May 25, 2023.
2. Susan Blumberg-Kason, "'Denison Avenue' by Christina Wong and Daniel Innes". Asian Review of Books, May 1, 2023.
3. https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoop/ala-unveils-2024-carnegie-medals-shortlist/ "ALA Unveils 2024 Carnegie Medals Shortlist"
4. https://www.cbc.ca/books/meet-the-canada-reads-2024-contenders-1.7073689 "Meet the Canada Reads 2024 contenders"